The lift gates are half a foot thick and made of hardwood, which is exceptionally sturdy enough to withstand not only swords, but also the impact of a rushing vehicle.

But such a sturdy and unusually strong lifting door was lightly chopped and pierced by the treasure knife in Pu Tie's hand.

Looking at the shining knife head passing through the door, Hua Anxin was secretly surprised, and subconsciously touched the Qingyu Sword on his waist, which had the meaning of trying it out.

"King Han, it's your subordinates who are cutting down the door! Who is he, that he should have such a sword? Hua An looked at Li Guang and asked softly.

When Li Guang heard this, he hurriedly clenched his fists and bowed down and said: "General Hua, this person's name is Pu Tie, he is a blacksmith, and the treasure knife is probably ancestral. After saying that, he lowered his head and stood aside.

Hua An nodded, looked at the city gate tower, and ordered loudly: "Raise the gate." ”

Hearing the order, several soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army turned the winch vigorously, and the lifting door slowly rose.

"King Han." When the lift door was halfway up, Pu Tie rushed in in small steps.

"Your Han King has surrendered, so don't you lay down your arms quickly." Wang San looked at Pu Tie and the hundred cavalry behind him, and said loudly.

"King Han, it's all because Pu Tie didn't find out the enemy's situation and let the King of Han be humiliated." Pu Tie knelt down reproachfully, and the hundred cavalry behind him also dismounted and surrendered.

Li Guang looked up at Pu Tie, pointed to the sky, and said softly: "I don't blame you, this is all the will of God, Shuzhong has exhausted the qi, and returning to the Great Jin is the way out." After speaking, he glanced at Hua'an slightly.

Hua An looked at Li Guang, smiled, and then walked towards Pu Tie. Looking at the treasure knife in Pu Tie's hand, he asked, "It can pierce through the city gate lightly, what a treasure knife!" I don't know which master forged it. As he spoke, he picked up Pu Tie, who was kneeling on the ground.

Pu Tie looked at Hua An, and said: "This knife was cast by my ancestor Pu Yuan, and it is called 'Pu Yuan Knife' Since the general won, this knife will be given to the general." As he spoke, he put the treasure knife in his hand in Hua An's hand.

"Pu Yuan knife, this is Pu Yuan knife, back then, Pu Yuan cast 3,000 knives for Zhuge Liang for Xiegu, I can't imagine that it is this kind of knife." Hua An said and took the Pu Yuanbao knife in his hand. Then he pulled out the green sword he was wearing. Carefully compared.

"What a sword, what a good sword!" When Pu Tie saw Hua An pull out the Qingyu Sword, his eyes widened, and he praised the sword in Hua An's hand again and again.

"I don't know about the sword and the sword. Who is sharper? Hua An said. Swing the Qingyu Sword and slash at the Pu Yuan Knife.

"Click...... The swords intersected with a crisp sound. But there was not the slightest sound of breaking.

Hua An carefully looked at the blades of the Qingyu Sword and the Pu Yuan Knife, and found that there was not the slightest curl, which was enough to explain. Both weapons are excellent treasures.

"A gentleman doesn't win people's love, this treasure knife is your ancestral treasure, I won't want it, I will return it to you." Hua An said, putting the Pu Yuan knife in Pu Tie's hand.

Pu Tie took the sword and stood aside.

After educating the surrendered Shu army, Hua'an sent most of them to a nearby city, where they could take a letter from Li Guang, the king of Han, and make all the soldiers defending the city surrender to the Great Jin.

Li Guang's letter was still very useful, and after receiving Li Guang's letter, most of the cities in the northern part of Liangzhou surrendered to Hua'an, and immediately went to the surrender table.

In just a few days, half of Liangzhou was recovered, Hua'an's heart was very excited, but it was easy to fight the country, it was difficult to defend the country, and after recovering a large area of land, Hua'an's next step was to gain the trust of the local people, and strive to develop production, and at the same time, to continue to march to Chengdu, the capital of Shu, in order to quickly destroy Shu.

It is not something that can be done overnight to make the local people trust themselves, which has to be accumulated over time, and the development of production must be taken step by step.

For the large land and cities of Liangzhou, only the tens of thousands of troops under the command of Hua'an can only garrison important cities, and the remaining hundreds of cities need to be garrisoned by surrendered Shu soldiers.

Three days later, the entire northern part of Liangzhou, especially Hanzhong County, was basically stabilized, and at this time, the Huanwen Army in Jingzhou and the Deng Yue Army in Jiaoguang Erzhou had begun to launch a strong attack on Shu, and Hua'an naturally would not stand still, and after gathering men and horses, they began to study the next step of the march.

Since Liangzhou had just been recovered, Hua'an was worried that something would change, and he was even more worried that the Zhao army in Guanzhong would suddenly move south and attack his back, so he did not dare to transfer all his troops to Yizhou, but left Zhao Wu's 10,000 infantry to garrison Nanzheng, and firmly controlled the most important ones in Hanzhong County, Baozhong, Chuyang and Chenggu, so as to ensure the safety of Hua'an's rear.

For the route of entering Yizhou, Hua'an decided to take Jinshou, Fucheng, Mianzhu, and Luocheng, and approached Chengdu.

The road in Shu is difficult to travel, this road has to go through many checkpoints and dangers, it can be described as very hard, and there are many dangers, but there are a large number of Shu troops to lead the way, the situation may be much better.

Especially the Han King Li Guang, his preservation zài can at least save Hua'an a lot of time to siege the city, and the soldiers of the Shu army saw that the high Han King had surrendered, where would they still have the determination to defend to the death.

After carefully inquiring about the surrender of the Shu army, Hua'an had a relatively in-depth understanding of the general situation of the march route, and he also knew the situation that would be encountered on the road.

"Big brother, this road is so difficult, I'm afraid that the animal-powered cart won't be able to move normally!" Tie Niu said worriedly.

Hua An looked at Tie Niu and said with a smile: "Tie Niu, your subordinates are used to riding on animal carts, can't they walk?" ”

"Haha! Big brother, it is naturally no problem for the army to walk, but it is not convenient to take a car, and the consumption of the soldier's body is relatively large, and when he encounters the enemy, he does not have much energy to fight. Tie Niu said with a smile.

Hua An lowered his head and pondered for a while, and said softly: "The road is rugged and difficult, soldiers can naturally walk, but a large number of military supplies can't also be transported by manpower!" You have to use vehicles and livestock! Although it was difficult to walk, the vehicle was barely passable, and when it came to uphill and muddy places, the soldiers had to work hard and push the vehicle to walk. ”

"Big brother, it seems that this is the only way." Wang San, Tie Niu nodded in response.

Hua'an carefully calculated, he planned to attack Chengdu with more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and the baggage battalion responsible for logistics and transportation was only 3,000 people.

In particular, grain needs 5,000 deniers, according to the roads in Shuzhong, each baggage truck can only be loaded with five deniers, so that in order to meet the army's grain and grass needs, 1,000 baggage trucks are needed, then, the remaining materials can not be guaranteed, which is obviously not good.

The problem of logistics must be thoroughly solved, otherwise the army will not be able to move an inch at all, and this is the first problem that Hua'an must solve.

After careful thinking, Hua'an decided to take two countermeasures, first, reduce the number of troops, because the cavalry had more requirements for logistics, Hua'an reduced the cavalry of the thunderstorm to 5,000 men, and the remaining 5,000 men and horses remained in Nanzheng. Second, 5,000 cattle and 5,000 goats were transferred from the Nanxiang City Ranch to transport some supplies and provide meat for the officers and men of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

These two countermeasures will greatly reduce the logistical pressure on the Hua'an army, so that the Northern Expeditionary Army can march to Chengdu without any scruples.

After preparing a qiē, Hua'an took nearly 20,000 horses under his command and marched to Chengdu, the heart of Shu.

Among them, at the forefront of the team were Hua'an's pro-military battalion and Li Guang and other Shu generals, followed by the 5,000 cavalry of the thunderstorm, followed by the 10,000 infantry of Tieniu, and finally the 3,000 heavy battalion men and horses responsible for logistics and transportation.

A group of people and horses advanced south at a normal marching speed, only 30 miles a day, and a maximum of 50 miles, along the way, Hua'an would talk to Li Guang from time to time about some things in Shu, from major national events to daily life, clothing, food, housing and transportation.

Regarding Hua'an's questioning, Li Guang answered seriously, and even took the initiative to say some things to Hua'an, but they were all very small things, and Li Guang didn't seem to be very interested in national affairs.

A few days later, Li Guang became acquainted with Hua An, and he talked more and more, and even some very vulgar things dared to say it in front of Hua An.

Hua An did not blame Li Guang for revealing his heart, but felt that this person was frank enough, although he was a stupid person, he felt very comfortable with this person, and there was no psychological pressure.

"General Hua, I have a niece who looks like a flower and jade, just one glance, it is unforgettable, and now I haven't seen her for two years, she must be even more beautiful." Li Guang whispered in Hua'an's ear, and tested Hua'an's reaction.

Hua An smiled and asked, "Your niece, isn't that the princess of Shu?" How old is she and what is her name? ”

Seeing that Hua An was really interested, Li Guang's eyebrows suddenly fluttered, and he said with a smile: "Her name is Li Qinglian, she is just twenty-eight this year, and she is at a good age!" ”

"Oh, King Han is also interested in his niece?" Hua An teased Li Guang.

Li Guang hurriedly waved his hand and said, "The general said that he was laughing, how could his niece have a wrong thought?" However, if General Hua is interested, he can share the general's worries below. ”

When Hua An heard that Li Qinglian was so beautiful and young, he was suddenly a little moved, and his right hand unconsciously lifted his chin.

Seeing that Hua An's expression was really moved, Li Guang was immediately very proud, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, general, as long as our army is in Chengdu, I will definitely ask you for someone to come." After saying that, he laughed obscenely.

Hua An smiled lightly and said, "Okay, since King Han has a heart, Ben Jiang will accept it, haha!" ”

He laughed out loud when he finished speaking. (To be continued......)